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Spying Far Worse in South Africa than the US

Americans are shocked and ­outraged at ­revelations that their government is vacuuming up information about their phone conversations and internet browsing habits, but compared to South Africans, they have little to worry about.

According to ­exposés by the Guardian and Washington Post over the past week, the US government’s intelligence apparatus has “direct access” – or a close equivalent – to the systems of major internet service providers.

As more details about the Prism programme have emerged, the seriousness of those concerns has been much disputed. But that has done little to stem the wave of outrage and political condemnation that has seriously shaken confidence in the entire administration of Barack Obama.

Americans, it seems, are not amused at the idea that their government can invade their communication privacy with neither due reason nor due process.

the big difference being
that South Africa doesn’t pretend to be the paragon of freedom & liberty
aMerkins are shocked because the went to sleep in America
and woke up in China

echar

I am not shocked, I expected this all along. In fact there’s a lot of people who deserve I told ya so’s.

BuzzCoastin

that was the articles take
that aMerkins were shocked and outraged
butt
it’s not new news
and the spin doctors are hard at work
keeping the sheeple informed with Big Homelander’s take

but in the end
Winston learned to love Big Homelander

echar

What I think is more shocking is that America is not alone, and that the red tape is being cut. This could mean that the shit is about to hit the fan. Are the stories about FEMA camps true? Fuck if I know!

BuzzCoastin

aMerika is already one Big FEMA Camp
restricting your movements in the camp is yet to come

over the years at DisInfo
I’ve seen China bashed repeatedly
for human right violations & spying
blah, blah, blah
all the while knowing
that the only diff between Uncle Homeland & Chairman Mao
was that Mao was/is a blatantly transparent tyrant
and Uncle Homeland is a duplicitous hypocrite tyrant
hence
my constant little remarks about Uncle Homey

echar

I am still mad that I had to recite the pledge of allegiance, so you are preaching to the choir. I was raised that all politicians are crooks, and learned later that it was no guff.

BuzzCoastin

it strikes me as highly schizophrenic that
there’s a strange kinda “patriotism” in America
where everyone pretty much knows or
at least assumes their government to be
corrupt lying self-serving bastards
but nonetheless
most continue to play the game with very little resistance
and tacit support
my father
who was career Navy was just like that
but
there are plenty of non-violent ways to resit
and even co-opt the system

echar

You are preaching to the choir!

echar

Please don’t encourage the Canadians, they are smug enough. Besides their Government is spying on them as well.

BuzzCoastin

it’s safe to assume all gruberments feel threatened
and are spying on everyone
and
Canada is now a de facto US state
as are most kunteries

what state could withstand Uncle Homeland’s pressure?
Cuba, Russia, China, maybe
but they’re not any less nefarious

Amacai Zerand

Classic disinfo. The article is the same as saying, “Why sure, I killed that guy, but look at how much worse Dahmer was.” Sheesh.